Cologne incident

[Michchamp]

hey Gulo... did you see the news about Mein Kampf, being published in Germany again (the copyright expired) and immediately selling out?

coincidence?

this news blitz has a sort of Reichstag Fire quality about it, no?

 

[Gulo Blue]

hey Gulo... did you see the news about Mein Kampf, being published in Germany again (the copyright expired) and immediately selling out?

coincidence?

this news blitz has a sort of Reichstag Fire quality about it, no?

Actually, yes, I think it's a coincidence. I think Germany has more people interested in remembering Hitler and what happened as a preventative measure against it repeating than people that want the reich to rise again. Stupidity is usually a good explanation for a lot of things, but books? Maybe if we were talking about Twilight or 50 Shades of Gray, but not Mein Kampf...I hope.

 

[Michchamp]

In a development sure to please SpartanNazi, gangs of German hooligans are now roaming some German cities and beating the crap out of any foreigners (read: Muslim or Arab looking) they can find.

 

[Gulo Blue]

In a development sure to please SpartanNazi, gangs of German hooligans are now roaming some German cities and beating the crap out of any foreigners (read: Muslim or Arab looking) they can find.

Reddit says that india times is printing bs to fan flames. Didn't dig into their reasoning, but I figure we'll see this reported elsewhere if it's true.

 

[Michchamp]

Reddit says that india times is printing bs to fan flames. Didn't dig into their reasoning, but I figure we'll see this reported elsewhere if it's true.

whatever you say, GuloFacist

 

[Michchamp]

so I guess only 3 of the 58 men arrested in conjunction with these attacks turned out to be recently arrived refugees from the Middle East. link.

the remainder were mostly from Algeria and Morocco, all of whom were there legally and some of whom were even German citizens, though among racists, that doesn't make a difference... they're all "Arabs"

 

[tinselwolverine]

I'm pretty sure I picked up Mein Kampf off the shelves of the Ann Arbor Public Library back when I was a kid.

 

[Michchamp]

I'm pretty sure I picked up Mein Kampf off the shelves of the Ann Arbor Public Library back when I was a kid.

Did u ever tell Mrs. Tinsel about that?

 

[Spartanmack]

so I guess only 3 of the 58 men arrested in conjunction with these attacks turned out to be recently arrived refugees from the Middle East. link.

the remainder were mostly from Algeria and Morocco, all of whom were there legally and some of whom were even German citizens, though among racists, that doesn't make a difference... they're all "Arabs"

Aren't they all there legally, including the refugees? Yes, they are. This isn't about Arabs - it's about immigration and problems with immigrants from different cultures not assimilating. You are aware that while not middle eastern, Islamic countries in North Africa like Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algiers are culturally similar to the middle east, correct? When you mentioned some were German citizens so you could beat the drum about xenophobic racists you conveniently left out the fact that a whopping 3 were actually Germans. And the piece doesn't say the other immigrants weren't also recently arrived, just that they weren't from the middle east. It does say some of them were asylum seekers while others filed a formal application.

 

[Spartanmack]

Actually, yes, I think it's a coincidence. I think Germany has more people interested in remembering Hitler and what happened as a preventative measure against it repeating than people that want the reich to rise again. Stupidity is usually a good explanation for a lot of things, but books? Maybe if we were talking about Twilight or 50 Shades of Gray, but not Mein Kampf...I hope.

Do you think The Communist Manifesto is the most widely taught text in American Universities for the same reason? If so, it appears to be having the opposite effect.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Do you think The Communist Manifesto is the most widely taught text in American Universities for the same reason? If so, it appears to be having the opposite effect.

I don't follow how that's analogous. I'm saying people in Germany study and reject Mein Kampf because they once embraced the ideas inside and the results were disastrous. I hoping it's not popular because they still think that way, but because people want to know their history, including the bad parts. Kind of like how Wolverines read Three and Out. The US was never communist, so I'm not sure what you are asking.

 

[Spartanmack]

I don't follow how that's analogous. I'm saying people in Germany study and reject Mein Kampf because they once embraced the ideas inside and the results were disastrous. I hoping it's not popular because they still think that way, but because people want to know their history, including the bad parts. Kind of like how Wolverines read Three and Out. The US was never communist, so I'm not sure what you are asking.

It doesn't have to be our history to be analogous. Non-Germans can learn the same lessons as Germans and reject its teachings - at least one would hope - just like non-Soviets can learn the absolute and total failure of Marxism and reject it as well. That doesn't appear to be the case with American university graduates who are embracing the teachings of Marx.

Maybe it's actually good that Germans are reading the book, but I wouldn't say the same about the fact that American University students are assigned and taught the Communist Manifesto more than any other book in our progressive indoctrination camps.

 

[Gulo Blue]

It doesn't have to be our history to be analogous. Non-Germans can learn the same lessons as Germans and reject its teachings - at least one would hope - just like non-Soviets can learn the absolute and total failure of Marxism and reject it as well. That doesn't appear to be the case with American university graduates who are embracing the teachings of Marx.

Maybe it's actually good that Germans are reading the book, but I wouldn't say the same about the fact that American University students are assigned and taught the Communist Manifesto more than any other book in our progressive indoctrination camps.

My point was that their interest stemmed from it being part of their history, and not a part they are proud of.

...as opposed to Champs question which I took to suggest that the interest in the book stemmed from Germans re-embracing the ideas it contains.

 

[Spartanmack]

My point was that their interest stemmed from it being part of their history, and not a part they are proud of.

...as opposed to Champs question which I took to suggest that the interest in the book stemmed from Germans re-embracing the ideas it contains.

I understand that and I agree with you. But my point about the Communist Manifesto is similar to turd's re: the Mein Kampf - while it's not our history and we can't re-embrace it, it can be embraced. Given that our Universities are progressive indoctrination camps staffed by extreme leftist and the product they're churning out is embracing rather than rejecting Marx, it's safe to say it's not being taught the way it should be - as a lesson in what not to do.

 

[Michchamp]

where are you getting this nonsense about the Communist Manifesto being the most widely taught book in American universities from?

 

[Spartanmack]

where are you getting this nonsense about the Communist Manifesto being the most widely taught book in American universities from?

From Al Gore's world wide web.

 

[Michchamp]

so you just pulled it out of your ass.

 

[Spartanmack]

I'm surprised at you Turd, I thought you would have loved to hear that fact - I guess you'd prefer a more subversive approach to destroying liberty and the free markets. You're not doing a very good job of keeping that secret - not surprising.

By the way, did you try to find out for yourself or were you worried that a simple web search would deny you the opportunity to make such a clever response as "so you just pulled it out of your ass"

Here you go dumbass:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/co...op-three-books-assigned-in-college-2016-01-27

 

[Michchamp]

I'm surprised at you Turd, I thought you would have loved to hear that fact - I guess you'd prefer a more subversive approach to destroying liberty and the free markets. You're not doing a very good job of keeping that secret - not surprising.

By the way, did you try to find out for yourself or were you worried that a simple web search would deny you the opportunity to make such a clever response as "so you just pulled it out of your ass"

Here you go dumbass:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/co...op-three-books-assigned-in-college-2016-01-27

that study sounds like a steaming pile of shit.

 

[Spartanmack]

that study sounds like a steaming pile of shit.

You sound like a steaming pile of shit - I've been saying that for years.

Here's another one that shows it in the top 10 most assigned books in the top 10 Universities in the country.

http://qz.com/602956/these-are-the-books-students-at-the-top-us-colleges-are-required-to-read/

Of course, this list is probably a steaming pile of shit too because uofm isn't on the list.